| Olympics thread on 09:58 - Aug 6 with 1294 views | felixstowe_jack |
| Olympics thread on 09:24 - Jul 29 by Dr_Winston |
Going to stick with my initial prediction of 10-15 Gold medals in total. Rowing is usually good for 2-3 and we haven't won any this time around yet. If track cycling stutters then we'll do very well to get near 20. Think we may do well in the boxing though.
This seems to be a games too far for some and a games not far enough for others. Lots of younger competitors picking up Silver and Bronze so that bodes well for Paris. |
Your predictions are looking go so far. |  |
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| Olympics thread on 10:06 - Aug 6 with 1279 views | CountyJim |
| Olympics thread on 09:57 - Aug 6 by Whiterockin |
Absolutely unbelievable how did they do that. |
It was like a stroll
Surprised the Aussie team weren't taken to book that was dangerous |  | | |
| Olympics thread on 10:10 - Aug 6 with 1278 views | Dr_Winston |
| Olympics thread on 09:58 - Aug 6 by felixstowe_jack |
Your predictions are looking go so far. |
Doing slightly better than I thought for Golds, although I'd have been staggered if we'd gotten anywhere near our Rio total. Still, it's a good spread amongst the colours with quite a few younger faces placing in the medals which as I said looks good for 2024.
Clear work to do in the Track & Field / Rowing events though. Don't think we'll ever be as dominant in the Velodrome as we were. We stole a march on the world in 2008 and it's taken them two Olympic cycles to catch up. [Post edited 6 Aug 2021 10:14]
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| Olympics thread on 12:00 - Aug 6 with 1243 views | CountyJim |
What a performance in modern pentathlon from Kate French GOLD!! | | | |
| Olympics thread on 12:01 - Aug 6 with 1240 views | Whiterockin |
| Olympics thread on 12:00 - Aug 6 by CountyJim |
What a performance in modern pentathlon from Kate French GOLD!! |
Great morning Jim. |  | | |
| Olympics thread on 12:23 - Aug 6 with 1229 views | felixstowe_jack |
| Olympics thread on 12:01 - Aug 6 by Whiterockin |
Great morning Jim. |
18th gold fourth in medal table well done team GB. | |
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| Olympics thread on 12:26 - Aug 6 with 1227 views | Dr_Winston |
| Olympics thread on 12:23 - Aug 6 by felixstowe_jack |
18th gold fourth in medal table well done team GB. |
We might end up breaking 20. Was not expecting that.
Lauren Price a heavy favourite in the boxing and Laura Kenny defending champion in the Omnium. | |
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| Olympics thread on 12:35 - Aug 6 with 1218 views | CountyJim |
Did you see the German in the modern pentathlon in show jumping WTF !!
Mind you it's a lottery that mind | | | |
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| Olympics thread on 15:17 - Aug 6 with 1176 views | Whiterockin |
No golds so far in athletics and success in minor sports. There is only so much money to go round. Could UK Athletics lose their funding or at a minimum have it reduced. | | | |
| Olympics thread on 17:37 - Aug 6 with 1145 views | Dr_Winston |
| Olympics thread on 15:17 - Aug 6 by Whiterockin |
No golds so far in athletics and success in minor sports. There is only so much money to go round. Could UK Athletics lose their funding or at a minimum have it reduced. |
It's difficult with Athletics because unless you have huge pools of talent and funding like the US, China or Russia, or natural talent like Jamaican sprinters or the East African distance runners, barring the odd star athlete making it through the ranks we'll always find it tough to win Gold in track and field. Maybe it's somewhere that a more long term, grass roots approach is needed first. But there will be a few long, hard looks in certain areas. Rowing especially.
Think this Games will show us where our long term future lies in the medal table. We had a hell of a boost for London which carried on into Rio, but it seems likely that we're going to settle in as comfortable top five contenders averaging 15-20 Golds and 50-60 medals in total. [Post edited 6 Aug 2021 17:56]
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| Olympics thread on 18:19 - Aug 6 with 1122 views | Whiterockin |
| Olympics thread on 17:37 - Aug 6 by Dr_Winston |
It's difficult with Athletics because unless you have huge pools of talent and funding like the US, China or Russia, or natural talent like Jamaican sprinters or the East African distance runners, barring the odd star athlete making it through the ranks we'll always find it tough to win Gold in track and field. Maybe it's somewhere that a more long term, grass roots approach is needed first. But there will be a few long, hard looks in certain areas. Rowing especially.
Think this Games will show us where our long term future lies in the medal table. We had a hell of a boost for London which carried on into Rio, but it seems likely that we're going to settle in as comfortable top five contenders averaging 15-20 Golds and 50-60 medals in total. [Post edited 6 Aug 2021 17:56]
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The back of my mind there is something about certain Olympic sports being ringfenced for funding. I'm sure athletics is one but not sure if its still in place. | | | |
| Olympics thread on 21:21 - Aug 6 with 1086 views | britferry |
| Olympics thread on 11:39 - Aug 5 by controversial_jack |
What the yanks think is irrelevant, but the Aussies have had a stunning games. They must have been stung by all our bragging and boasting after the last games They have half our population and resources too |
seen the medal table? 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/57836709 | |
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| Olympics thread on 23:34 - Aug 6 with 1051 views | britferry |
Womens marathon is on, not in Tokyo, they gone to a cooler location, Sapporo.
A couple of observations:
- a lot of them are wearing white trainers with a pink trim. I think these are the new Nike trainers, they're a bit like what the Spice Girls used to wear but they've got a carbon insole or something and they enable you to run 2% quicker. I think Alberto Salazar was involved, so they're trying to ban them now... but sports like cycling have been doing the same with equipment for years
- the drinks tables, why are they on one side of the road? they're falling over each other to get to them, why not have them as an island in the middle, the roads are wide enough
Here you go, just for Lisa, Spice Up Your Life
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| Olympics thread on 00:37 - Aug 7 with 1034 views | britferry |
good race, still looked tough conditions, cant believe that "Israel" girl just gave up with 3km to go, she must have had nothing left
For the record, the pink trimmed trainers finished 2nd & 4th, 1st & 3rd seemed to have the same white & black trainers on, they were "spiced" too | |
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| Olympics thread on 06:49 - Aug 7 with 1007 views | felixstowe_jack |
Boxing gold well done team GB | |
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| Olympics thread on 09:43 - Aug 7 with 987 views | controversial_jack |
We are slightly above the Aussies, but given their population is well below a half our ours they have done very well indeed. | | | |
| Olympics thread on 09:48 - Aug 7 with 984 views | felixstowe_jack |
| Olympics thread on 09:43 - Aug 7 by controversial_jack |
We are slightly above the Aussies, but given their population is well below a half our ours they have done very well indeed. |
Well given the population of the USA and China we would easily top the table. We would even be able Japan twice our size.
Another medal for Tom well done. | |
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| Olympics thread on 10:24 - Aug 7 with 978 views | KeithHaynes |
Well done to the cycling round in velodrome circles team GB. Silver apparently. No idea how it works but they seemed happy enough. |  |
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| Olympics thread on 10:36 - Aug 7 with 970 views | britferry |
| Olympics thread on 10:24 - Aug 7 by KeithHaynes |
Well done to the cycling round in velodrome circles team GB. Silver apparently. No idea how it works but they seemed happy enough. |
that Madison race is bonkers | |
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| Olympics thread on 11:43 - Aug 7 with 951 views | britferry |
another Gold, Mens Modern Pentathlon, Jo Choong, superb laser run | |
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| Olympics thread on 01:13 - Aug 8 with 861 views | britferry |
best man won the marathon, he became the 3rd athlete to defend his Olympic title... well done to Kipchoge of Kenya... superb effort
And for the record, those white shoes with a pink trim finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 6th | |
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| Olympics thread on 07:12 - Aug 8 with 830 views | felixstowe_jack |
Two more golds for team GB. Quite remarkable for GB after a year of lockdown | |
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| Olympics thread on 09:29 - Aug 8 with 803 views | Whiterockin |
| Olympics thread on 07:12 - Aug 8 by felixstowe_jack |
Two more golds for team GB. Quite remarkable for GB after a year of lockdown |
So most of the other countries were not in lockdown?
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But still an excellent all round effort. [Post edited 8 Aug 2021 9:30]
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| Olympics thread on 09:35 - Aug 8 with 788 views | Dr_Winston |
Fabulous performance by Team GB. Certainly won more Golds than I expected, although a drop off from Rio was inevitable. Massively encouraging to see an almost exact split between the colours in terms of numbers won. Speaks to excellent strength in depth overall. | |
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| Olympics thread on 11:34 - Aug 8 with 741 views | Catullus |
So what event/sport did people enjoy the most?
Personally I really enjoyed the BMX and skateboarding, the boxing and some of the cycling, the Madison is bonkers!
The USa and China will always be top, they have big populations and put a lot on money into it. The Rissians should be higher but they always court controversy. | |
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